Confession of 1967: Its Theological Background And Ecumenical Significance

Overview

In this work, Cornelius Van Til argued against the adoption of the Confession of 1967 by the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He held that, “this proposed Confession gives expression to and is based upon a new theology. . . founded upon a new and relativistic view of truth.” The author goes on to survey the thinking and writing of a number of contributors to the Confession and attempts to predict how the Confessions of 1977, ’87, and ’97 would progress.

Product Details

Title: Confession of 1967: Its Theological Background And Ecumenical Significance

Author: Cornelius Van Til

Publisher: Presbyterian and Reformed

Publication Date: 1967

About Dr. Cornelius Van Til

Dr. Cornelius Van Til, served as a professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, for 43 years. He retired in 1972, but remained as an emeritus professor until his death in 1987. Van Til, an immigrant from The Netherlands, was one of the most respected apologetic theologians of his time.

Van Til earned degrees from Calvin College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Princeton University on his way to becoming an Orthodox Presbyterian Minister. He served throughout the ministry and scholarly fields, including teaching as an instructor of apologetics at Princeton Theological Seminary and being heavily involved with the foundation of the Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy.

His most noted writings include The New Modernism, The Defense of the Faith, and Christianity and Barthianism. Much of his work with apologetics focuses on the presuppositions of humans, the difference between believers and non-believers, and the opposition between Christian and non-Christian worldviews.

More information about Van Til as a teacher and Reformed theologian is available in an article Eric Sigward wrote for New Horizons entitled "Van Til Made Me Reformed." Read the article as HTML or PDF (copyright 2004 by New Horizons; used by permission)